Sony Ericsson today announced Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman, an Android smartphone that delivers a social music experience.

A dedicated Walkman hardware button provides access to the music
player and users can also like, share and discover content through a
deep Facebook integration. The infinite button lets the user explore
even more and the Qriocity service from Sony provides music and
video content.

With a curved design, a glossy finish and a mineral glass display,
the phone has a 3.2" screen and an 1Ghz processor. A front facing
camera is enabled for Skype video calling, while a 5MP AF camera can
capture 720p HD video recording. Sony's xLOUD enhances audio
output, while the latest Android platform for smartphones
(Gingerbread 2.3) provides access to applications on the Android
Market.

A combination of social networking and music entertainment:

- Deep Facebook integration: Allows users to instantly access
Facebook through the most used areas of the phone such as the
picture gallery, music player, phonebook and calendar.

- Media Discovery Application: A dynamic application placing the
world of music and videos at consumer's fingertips including
Facebook recommendations from their friends.

- Infinite button: Tapping it within the media player enables
consumers to have instant access to new content about their
favourite artist, such as music videos, artist information and
lyrics search.

- Qriocity music and video content services from Sony: Consumers can
access songs from all major labels and watch thousands of movies
from all major studios.